Week of May 18

Hi Families!

What an amazing few days of sunshine we had this past week! It sure makes me excited for the amazing weather to come.

Our administrative team is working hard to come up with plans for students to pick up their belongings at the end of the year.  We're not sure what that's going to look like at this time, but rest assured we will let you know as soon as decisions have been made.

This is our last full week of school!  Next week will be condensed due to Memorial Day, and the following week will end on Thursday, June 4th.

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May 18-22 Week at a Glance: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CNlZQs5hr2LglcvoeUIztlrQ9uoYUzVAPwifUMblB5U/edit?usp=sharing

Learning Support Opportunity
As a reminder, our amazing Title One interventionists, Mrs. DeVore, Mrs. Bolinder, and Mrs. J,  are hosting "office hours" weekly. This is an additional layer of support to assist students in completion of assigned classwork and is open to all Brown School First - Fifth graders. It is our hope that this connection will not only benefit your child, but will also help to support you in finding balance during this time of remote teaching and learning.  

Important!!  Please note the links have changed! Click here for the schedule and updated links. Like other connections, we ask that an adult is present.
**Students can also join the Google Classroom that Mrs. DeVore, Mrs. Bolinder and Mrs. J have set up by following the directions that will be posted at 8am on Monday 5/18 in our Google Classroom.
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Support for Our Families

Technology - Contact support@sjschools.org or call (269) 926-3100 for repair/support of school issued devices or for learners who need a device or do not have internet access during the closure. Note: public libraries and schools will provide wi-fi access from their parking lots while people remain in their vehicles.

Meals - Mondays and Thursdays from 11:00AM-12:30PM at the St Joseph High School back entrance off of Lakeview Ave. These resources in our community are also available for support: Area Food Sites and Distribution

If you are in need of food or interested in making a monetary donation to assist in this time of crisis, here’s a list of local Food Bank Options

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Congratulations to the following students for passing another level in the Lexia/Core 5 program:

-Gavin

-Logan

Brown School News Team Opportunity!:    Mrs. Berry is going to be on the morning news broadcast tomorrow (I'll post the video on Google Classroom as soon as possible) to talk about applications for next year's news team!  Applications will be posted on my Google Classroom page tomorrow morning.  There is a strict due date!  If your soon-to-be 5th grader is interested, please pass along this information.  Also, Mrs. Berry will be attending our class meeting on Wednesday to talk to the students about the process and expectations.

Don't forget!!  Class Google Meet on Monday at 11:00 a.m.!!!  The link will be posted on Google Classroom a few minutes before the meeting time.   "See" you there!! 

**Our class meeting for next week will be on TUESDAY MAY 26 AT 9:30AM due to the holiday on Monday.

Media Center News:  Mrs. Bacolor would like me to pass this information on to students and families.  I'll post her information in the Week at a Glance for the students:

• Updates from Our Media Department
  
  • The next Library/Media Choice Boards are available and can be found by clicking here.  This will take them to a Google Slide Virtual Library classroom with links to library enrichment choice boards and other resources.  
  • Please encourage your students to share their 1st choice boards with me if they've completed at least 3 boxes. I'll make sure to give them a shoutout on our eResources website.
  • The Sora Reading App is now available to our students.  This is a reading app that contains eBooks and audiobooks.  Plus it also connects to our public libraries.  I've included a few screencasts on the homepage of our eResources site (scroll down just a bit) for information on how to access this collection.  In addition, more eBooks will be purchased and added soon either to Sora or Destiny Discover.  I'll let you know as soon as the additional titles become available.  
  • Stay tuned for details about the upcoming Ren Baldwin Virtual Technology Festival! This event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th.  The link will be posted on the district website before the start of the event!

1:1 Conferences. Meeting times with Mrs. Hassenger link (code to enter is: HASSENGER) CLICK HERE.

Have a FANTASTIC week,

Mrs. Hassenger